I woke up at about nine in the morning. Winona was hugging a pillow on her other side and my hand was wrapped around her middle. I kissed her nape and shoulder and a few inches below her flawless back. I couldn’t believe I was this lucky. Wondering why she didn’t tell me about her virginity. She even told me about the pill and didn’t want the condom.She couldn’t be faking it!

I reluctantly stood and went to the pool to gather our clothes. When I picked up my pants a piece of condom fell from it. It made me worried a little bit but I trusted Winona when she told me that she was taking the pill. But she didn’t tell me about her virginity.I shouldn’t trust women saying that they were safe. I’d never done it without protection kahit pa nagpi-pills and babae. I didn’t know why I didn’t bother with Winona. Did I lose myself last night? For some reason I wasn’t as worried of the fact that she might get pregnant like I was with the other women.I had to talk to Win. Whatever that was. I wouldn’t want an unwanted pregnancy.I got back in the room and arranged all of the things from my pocket on the chest below the bed. Winona was still sleeping like a baby hugging the soft pillow. I put another pillow behind. I smiled. A naked nymph on my bed was just mouth watering.I called the room service to pick up our clothes to wash. After the guy left I stepped into the shower.I was already shaving when I heard her stirred on the bed. When I looked she was already sitting. “Hey, baby.”She blushed for some reason but had not forgotten her wits. “No fair, why are you moving around as if nothing happened and I can’t even move my legs and hips well?”I frowned trying to absorb what she meant. Then I looked back at her feeling like an inconsiderate fool. “You need to go to the bathroom?”“I want to go pee.”“Sure,” I dropped the electric razor on the towel by the sink and carried her from the bed. I helped her sit on the toilet bowl. “Are you okay?”Tumango siya, smiling like a child. I was happy seeing the happiness on her face.“Go pee, I’ll put you back to bed when you’re done.” I continued shaving then, she asked if she could use my razor on her legs and even though I wasn’t seeing any hair to cut I taught her how to do it.She was giddy but I saw her winced a few times while peeing. I felt bad about it. I might’ve made a complete ass of my self by making love to her more than once last night. She was a virgin and I should have controlled my urge. But I felt like my time was running because she was leaving tomorrow and I didn’t know when I could see her again. And I knew that I would go extra miles to see her again but as of now I didn’t have an idea how or when. So I wanted to use all the time in the world to make love to her.“Done!” she said.“I’m finished here, too.” I put some after shave cologne on my face and carried her back to the bed.After making sure she sat okay. I bent and sucked her nipple before I walked back to the bathroom and dried my hair. Once I’m done ay lumabas ako. She was looking at the blood spot on the bed.I didn’t say anything because I wanted her to tell me the truth. “I called in a room service. I ordered all types of breakfast that they have. Hindi ko kasi alam kung ano ang gusto mo.”She crumpled the white duvet on top of her breats. I walked to the closet and got my long sleeves shirt. I put it on her. “Papasok ang room boy, I’ll have the food set up on the coffee table.”“I eat everything,” she said. “Next time, you don’t have to order everything.”I smiled. “I’ll remember that.”Then she returned with: “I didn’t mean to say that,” she looked at the blood again.“The what?” I asked confused.“The next time,” she said.Tinitigan ko siya ng masama. She should get my meaning now. I wasn’t letting her go if she was expecting that. “What do you mean?”Instead of answering me, she looked at the time then grinned. She was one hell of a confusing woman! “Late ka na yata sa trabaho.”“I don’t have time table,” I answered firmly. I couldn’t get the fact about the next time. “You haven’t answered my question.”“The what?” siya pa ang iritado?“That you didn’t mean the next time.”“I didn’t! I wasn’t expecting a next time.”“Why?”“Why would I?”“You are not leaving until tomorrow morning!” I glared at her.She glared at me, too.Then I took note of what I just said. Damn! I coated the information that I got from Nath and Greg.“How did you know that I’m leaving tomorrow morning?” she asked suspiciously.I should come around this somewhere. “You told me.”“No, I didn’t.”“Yes, you did. Your exact words were you have three nights in Vegas. Last night was your second. Tonight is the third.” I looked at how her expression became soft again. Thank goodness!“Okay,” she just said.I sighed and sat down on the bed facing her with my white towel wrapped around my hips. She looked at my legs. I couldn’t hide my erection but I know that she was still sore. I wanted her to rest until tonight. I promised myself I’d take her the way I never did last night. She was so fucking tight and inexperienced. I didn’t want her to be shock of what I could do in bed. “We’ll go to your room just for you to take your pill because I know you don’t have it here and I totally forgot about the condom in my pocket last night. Naiwan ang pantalon ko sa may swimming pool. Then I’ll bring you up here again.”“What are you talking about?” she asked. That was a higher pitch than normal.I stared at her. “I’m leaving to go to that function for just three hours, then I’m coming right back. I want you to be here when I come back.”Her expression changed.“I can bring you with me-““I don’t want to go! What are you up to?”I stared at her face, frowning. “I’ve never met a woman like you. Are you married or do you have boyfriend in Manila? Bakit parang may itinatago ka sa akin?”She was shocked at what I’ve said. “God! Boy, are you that dense or what? I never plan on being unfaithful in my life.”“Good then,” I gave her a final look before I pull out my printed black shirt from the closet and hanged it on the knob. “I’m not playing businessman today. It’s just a party. I don’t even have to be there, I loath to leave you.”“Don’t let me stop you.”I discarded the towel from my hips, she’d already seen this, hindi kailangan itago and I really didn’t have a problem parading myself to women. But Winona always made me feel like I was good enough to eat when she looked at my body and I couldn’t afford to have sex with her right now. “Make sure you are here when I come back. Sasamahan kita sa kuwarto mo and I’ll bring you back here.”“No, just go. I’ll do it myself.”I looked at her while I was putting on my briefs. I stood straight before I spoke. “Let’s get something straight in here, babes. You should be here when I come back. Because if not, I will tear the whole place down to find you and make a life miserable of those people who helped you hide from me.”Her jaw dropped.The doorbell buzzed just in time I finished buttoning up my jeans. Then her cellphone rang. I left her to talk to whoever her caller was and I let the room service boy in. The food was over flowing. The coffee table wasn’t enough so I put the other on the dining area.“What about the clothes?” I asked the guy. I already knew him from before. This wasn’t my first time in the presidential suite of Caesars Palace.“It will follow.”“I need it within the hour.”“Will do.”I nodded and gave him his regular tip. “Thanks.”“You’re welcome, Master.”“Fuck, don’t call me that. My girlfriend is inside and she didn’t know anything.”The man grinned. “First time I heard the word girlfriend from you.”“This would be the last time, too.”“Tell the lucky girl I congratulate her for taming you.”“No, congratulate me for having her.”He chuckled and left as if I was joking.I was about to get Winona when I saw her standing by the door. Did she hear out conversation? I didn’t think so. “Hey,” I smiled and walked to her. “Done with the phone call? Let me guess, your boss?”“Right on!” she answered.I clasped her waist with my arm and assisted her to sit on the couch. “I’ll get my shirt,” I said and went back to my room.“Nasaan ang mga damit ko?” I heard her spoke.“Pinababa ko sa cleaner, iaakyat na nila. It should be here bago ka matapos kumain.”“This is really a waste, Neo,” she said looking at all the food.“Hey, my aim is to please you.”“I am not pleased.”I stared at her.“I’m sorry, I know I sounded like an ungreatful bitch pero ang daming nagugutom ngayon ang you know na hindi ko naman ito kakainin lahat.”“It’s okay, I helped the hotel restaurant. I gave an enormous tip to the guy who brought it here and I want you to eat as much as you could. Ginutom kita kagabi hanggang kaninang umaga.”She blushed and folded a piece of bread and wiped it in the butter while I made her coffee the way she wanted it.She had the coffee and the bread. My effort of giving her a good breakfast was ignored and I felt a little grumpy on that. She was the first woman I worried about breakfast in bed after the sex. The others didn’t want breakfast and the others I just took out to eat. I really wanted to take care of Winona. But I could understand her.I put the keycard on top of the coffee table. “Here’s the keycard to this room. Come back as soon as you could. I will ring the hotel phone kahit nasa function pa ako, and you better answer.”Her eyes were piercing. What was up with her today? So grumpy! “Are you threatening me?”“No, I’m telling you. I had this funny feeling that you are just walking away from me.”“Eh, ano naman?”I couldn’t take it anymore. “No!” I told her firmly. “We’ll spend the night together again and I’ll bring you to the airport tomorrow.”“I have a service car to the airport at ihahatid ako ng mga boss ko!”“So? We all bring you to the airport!”“You don’t have to bring me, I’m fine!”I stood up not trusting myself to stay calm and I didn’t really want to fight her.She looked up at the same time that I was staring down at her.And I didn’t know why I explained. It wasn’t intentional but for the first time in my life I wanted a woman to fully understand what I feel. “I don’t know what’s going on. From the moment I met you and that was just two nights ago, you have been pushing me away. You are the very first woman I’ve met who didn’t call me the next day and didn’t even want to hear any promises of seeing me the following days ahead. I don’t fucking know why I am pushing myself on you!” I pointed a finger on her to prove a point. This was upsetting. “But Christ! Could you at least play along until tomorrow? I am not pulling you into something you don’t want, but stop pushing me away! Damn it!” I walked back inside the room before doing something I might regret all my life.After a few minutes of fidgeting, the doorbell buzzed with our clothes. She moved fast and got dress not caring if I would see her or not. I inserted the keycard on her pocket because she left it outside. “Sabay na tayo sa elevator and you can get out on your floor.”She nodded. I liked that she didn’t push the issue and she knew when to shut up. She sat on the bed to put on her shoes.“You will just take your pill and you’ll comeback here, okay?” I reminded her.Tumango ulit siya.I sighed. “Sorry for the outburst but I didn’t want to comeback here later knowing that you aren’t here waiting. So promise me you’ll be here.”She just looked at me with half smile on her face.“Do you always keep your promise?” I had to know.“Yes.”“Then say it, I want you to say that you will be here when I come back.” I didn’t care if I look stupid. I never asked a woman for any promises. Not even Rose.She looked up at me. “Alright, Neo. I’ll be here on your bed naked when you come back. Which is after three hours, happy?”I kneeled on the carpet and hugged her. I never imagined myself kneeling infront of a woman. “Thank you!”I helped her got up and we walked out of the room. She saw me leaving the pack of cigarette on the counter near the kitchen. “I can’t take that. May mga batang darating.”She smiled.My thought was in the function as I opened the door. I was thinking of missing it and just spend time with Winona. I heard other doors opened with a click along with us. And I wasn’t be able to hold my curse, and so as Nath and Greg as we all stood together at the door facing each other with their wives and my girl. And Winona didn’t suppose to know. Did I say fuck out loud?Marion was the one who spoke first and she directly looked at Winona. “Nandiyan ka ba noong tawagan kita kanina.”Win was the one looking caught off guard and I wanted to kick myself.Aleesha looked up at Greg. The women just looked like a Dragon Slayer! “Do you know about this?”Greg didn’t answer.Win slowly turned to me and I knew this was the start of the fucking day of my life. “You know them?”she asked in disbelief. “You know all along that these men are my bosses’ husbands?”I stayed quiet for the good of mankind.“Well, fuck you!” she said. The very first time I heard her curse. But she had probably been cursing me in her head since she met me. Then she bolted to the elevator.“Winona!” I didn’t know how many of us called her name. But I followed her in an instant. I was worried about her wobbly legs and muscles. “Don’t run! Your legs!”“Fuck my legs!” she yelled and changed direction to the stairs when the elevator didn’t open right away. She ran down the stairs like a woman who had done it professionally.“Winona! Damn it!” I would’ve followed when I heard Marion spoke.“You might want to leave her alone for now.”Umiling ako. “No!”Greg pulled his wife when he saw her expression ready to pound. “Sorry, man. I didn’t know she’s with you.”“What the heck do you think me of? Monk?”“Well, you could have told us, you know. May pupuntahan tayo ng sabay-sabay. It’s more likely na sabay-sabay tayong aalis,” Nath explained the businessman way.“What will I tell you? That she is with me? So allow us to go first before you open the door?”“This is nonsense!” Marion burst out. “Amuhin mo si Winona sa kuwarto niya and move on. Hindi ako makapaniwalang pinagtatalunan ninyo ito.”“Well part of it is because your husbands don’t want you to know that I probably had her last night because you were acting as if I’m about to rape her!”Greg moved forward. “Don’t talk to them like that!”Hinila ito ni Nath. “Fuck! Stop you two, God!” He looked at me. “Look, we are leaving, do what you have to do with Winona and goodluck.”I looked at the two women. “I’m sorry.”Marion’s expression softened right away but not Aleesha.Napailing ako, I didn’t have time for this. Bumukas ang elevator at pumasok ako.Nobody dared ride with me.I was calling Winona’s phone when I got out of her floor but she wasn’t answering. She wasn’t answering her door either.I did another phone call. “Ledge.”“Fuck, Neo. When are you leaving me alone? I’m in fucking vacation.”“I need a room to be open for me. I had a fight with my girl, she is suicidal.”“Then fucking break up with her and find a woman who’s worth to have you.”“She’s worth it.” I was the one unworthy of her.“A suicidal is worth it?”“Come on!” I said impatiently.“Fine, give me five minutes and someone will open that door for you.”“Thanks.”“Yeah! Thank your ancestors for who you are!” He hanged up and I waited.After five minutes, Randolph came. “Well this is the first time.”“I don’t want her to die.”“Yeah right, you know she’s not suicidal. Why do you go for a woman who is fucking your brain? You can always have the calm ones.”“Maybe I want her to fuck my brain.”He looked at me in disbelief. “God, Neo is inlove. I have to tell Ledge.”It pissed me off. “You don’t say any fucking thing to anyone, okay?”He opened the door and stepped away. “Geez!”She was still on the phone when I entered. “Uh-uh! I gotta go,” she said then she hanged up to whoever she was speaking with. I could guess that was one of the bosses.“Do not run like that on me again. You got me so nervous.”“How did you tell them to open my door?”I wouldn’t lie to her. “I told them we had a fight and you are suicidal. They have to open the door before you kill yourself.”